first. However, he eventually accepts her once again. Instead of going back to the United States, Daisy continues to live with Edmond and the rest of the family in the UK. Characters Elizabeth (aka Daisy) is a 15-year-old from New York. She comes to Britain to live with Aunt Penn out of spite toward her father and her stepmother. She falls in love with Edmond and begins a relationship with him. Daisy is described as determined, steadfast, and selfish at times. Isaac is a 14-year-old boy who is Daisy's cousin, Edmond's brother & Piper's elder brother. In the beginning of the story, he doesn't really speak much, however, towards the end of the book he talks more. He likes to commune with animals. Piper is Aunt Penn's only daughter and Daisy's cousin. She is the youngest of the family and has an almost angelic essence to her. Daisy feels protective of her and acts as her mother when Aunt Penn is away. Words that would describe Piper would be energetic, sweet and innocent. Edmond is Isaac's brother and Piper's elder brother. He is in a relationship with Daisy though they are cousins. When Daisy first met him at the airport, she described him as "some kind of mutt, you know the ones you see at the dog shelter who are kind of hopeful and sweet and put their nose straight into your hand when they meet you with a certain kind of dignity and you know from that second that you're going to take him home?" Later in the story, he develops a very powerful relationship with Daisy. During the war, Edmond watches a massacre and is unable to talk and pull himself together because of the shock it gave him. Edmond is also very scarred by his war memories. Osbert is the eldest child, older brother to the twins, Edmond & Isaac, and Piper. He is 16 and a little self-important. He is "in charge" when Aunt Penn is away. Aunt Penn is the mother of Piper, Edmond, Isaac and Osbert. She is Daisy's deceased mother's sister. Daisy sees Aunt Penn as the caring and loving mother figure she never got to have. Aunt Penn was shot dead trying to re-enter the country two years after the war started, while trying to get back to her family, . Daisy's father is mostly too preoccupied with his second wife and